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WRC News 4 At 11 January 9, 2010



his teammates and one player took the opportunity to apologize to fans. subpoenas are going out now for the white house crashers. >> good news for an 11-month-old dog that went into surgery today. good evening, i'm jim vance. i'm doreen gentzler. the gun probe expanded to gilbert arenas teammates today. >> reporter: the probe expanded, but late word tonight more disciplinary actions have been take the nba fined four wizards players for smiling and laughing in the huddle as arenas pretended to shoot them. they've been fined $10,000 by the nba. the crowd here at verizon tonight for the first time since that suspension started, watched the home team play. no arenas on the court and no image is of him inside the verizon either. wizards' fans looking for his jersey were out of luck. >> i feel like the team and league is throwing him under the bus. i'm wearing this shirt in support of him tonight. >> reporter: other fans seemed sympathetic, too. >> you've got to hold him acuntable to certain things, but he is auman being, too. >> reporter: the investigation into what happened inside this locker room continues. friday, a website report claims d.c. police are downloading footage from this camera outside the locker room. the site says police want to sigh reaction to players' reaction. if there was anything captured on tape, this would be the only camera that got it. word that several wizards' players met with the grand jury before friday night's game. flip saunders banned gambling on the plane. multiple reports say it started with a gm bling dispute. some fans have hopes of their own. >> the team doesn't give up on him. and b, he comes back and is the fun-loving guy that comes out and hits shots. >> we talked to a number of fans and they do agree on one thing, they are ready to move on. we are live at verizon center, craig melvin, ws4. >> thank you. is clear the players realize how serious the allegations are. tonight the team's captain apologized. >> got a pleasant from the reaction of the crowd. first gilbert arenas banner came down and now everything gilbert s been removed from the team stores. it seems the organization are trying to erase the files of agent zero. antawn jamison made a heart-felt pregame speech to the fans. >> on behalf of my teammates, this organization and coaching staff, we know it's been a trying week. one thing we take very seriously is that been a positive role model is something we don't take lightly. there is a picture of us taking this event very lightly. it's a serious situation and something we take to heart. we never meant to make light of the situation, and we are going to do everything in our power as long as i'm your capital and these guys are my teammates, to make this one of the most respecble organizations in the league. >> took a lot of guts to do that tonight. he talked for abou80 seconds to the crowd. the team responded. highlights of a spirited matchup coming up in sports. >> thanks. outside tonight the temperature has fallen to the low to mid 20s. things will only get colder. bob has details. >> it continues. this pattern we had for the last couple of weeks. silver springs, 21 degrees. current temperatures out to our west is in the 20s. with the win feels like 10 degrees. pittsburgh right now, the wind chill, elkins into the single digits. we are going to continue to see not any snow tonight. for us in washington before the same northwesterly winds, snows continue out of the mountains in west virginia. a blustery weekend coming up. there is a change to the pattern finally. i'll join you in a few minutes. a lot of people staying inside because it's so cold out there. those outside are moving inside quickly. >> reporte people who are out and about tonight are experiencing what is best described as bone-chilling cold. it was a tough night to be outside. freezinginds whipped through georgia avenue in silver springs. >> freezing. >> it's really cold. the wind doesn't help at all. >> it's freezing. i know it's getting lower and lower. >> reporter: for the homeless it was a night that held more danger than usual. some still avoided going to shelters. at dupont circle, people walked quickly trying to work up body heat. even man's best friend was treated to an extra layer of warmth. for most people, the choice of what to wear was a question of what do i own that will keep me from freezing? >> i'm wearing 14 layers right now. every inch needs to be covered. >> got to have the ears covered. i think that's the coldest part of the body. >> it's very cold. i guess just like, i notice everyone is wearing hats. if you can sacrifice your hair, every chrimas gift, sweater becomes a necessity right now. >> reporter: it's the kind of weather that gets old fast and a lot of us wishing it would get hot now. maybe not hot, but warmer would be nice. back to you. >> is that a christmas gift? >> reporter: no. it's the peruvain mad bomber hat. >> looks good. thanks. a grand jury has been convened to investiga a local couple accused of crashing a white house state dinner last year. the salahis could be charged with lying to a government official in the case. the couple allegedly attended the november 24th event without an invitation. the grand jury subpoenaed her stylist. coming up tonight, the biggest night club shut down. >> the man suspected in a christmas day plot to bomb an airplane is in court. >> a charges against michael jackson's doctor. >> a man vice president joe biden is mourning the loss of his mother tonight. katherine eugenia finnegan died tonight. the vice president left washington to be by her state yesterday. he released a statement saying she passed away peacefully surrounded by family. her immeasurable strength would love on in all of them. jean biden was 92 years old. the paramedic whose handling of reporter david rosem blum led to the overall of the ems department is going back to work. rosemblum was beaten and died from his injuries. authorities accuse the ems of driving to a hospital on the other side of town to stop and get money to buy dinner. thd.c. court of appeals ordered that walker was wrongly fired and must be reinstated. the associated press reports prosecutors are preparing to charge michael jackson's doctor with involuntary manslaughter nearly seven months after the pop icon's death. an anonymous law enforcement official says dr. conrad murray would be charged with negligence. the singer's death in june was ruled a homicide caused by acute pr propofal intoxation. a reporter gets blown right on over. >> bob has our weather. bomb a northwest flight on christmas day pleaded not guilty today. umar abdulmutallab pleaded not guilty today. his first court appearance today drewñi a peacefulñr demonstrati. >> i feel like it's so important for us muslim americans who send out a message we do not condone terrorism. we do not support terrorism anyway and terrorism is not part of our religion whatsoever. >> al qaeda claimed responsibility in the bombing attempt. it's not clear how much contact the group had with abdulmutallab. fighter jets escorted an aió train flight to an unscheduled landing today because of reports a passenger from richmond, virginia, was drunk. officials said the passenger refused to sit in his seat and it prompted his decision to divert the flight to colorado springs, colorado. as a precaution it did land safely. questioning. new jersey port authority police believe they caught theñ man responsible for sunday's security breach at the newark airport. a 28-year-old new jersey man was arrested just a few hours ago. surveillance video released yesterday shows a man ducking under a rope after watching a security guard leave his post. the man walked off with a woman. sunday's incident grounded flights and stranded passengers for hours. there is a new report on jobs. it shows the economy had a rough holiday season. the labor department reports 85,000 jobs were lost in december. the unemployment rate stayed at 10% because 500,000 people out of work stopped looking for new jobs. ups today announced it is going to cut 1,800 management positions. > d.c. party goers will be without one of the clubs. today the d.c. shut down the northeast d.c. club last week. a stabbing in the stairwell was the third violent incident since christmas. the owners can appeal on tuesday. a story viewers responded overwhelmi overwhelmingly. about a puppy named bubba, a young put bill out of surgery tonight. one of the vets working on him tells us they were able to save his behind legs. he got away from his home in manassas last month. he survived two weeks without food or shelter. bubba goes back into surgery tomorrow to repair a foot leg. his owner lost his job and can't afford to keep him, but the veterinary clinic says viewers have given generously to pay for his care. >> isn't that nice? thank you very much. >> he's got a nice face. >> he does. >> how glad are we that he is no longer out in this cold? >> yes, indeed. wexd have that fluffy snow. over t weekend we are going to see this bone-chilling cold. there areolks that wl help everybody. it was that powdery snow. about a 20-1 ratio. it was more than i thought to the south. our temperature, 23 degrees, since medicine december, 21 of 25 days below average. the average high is 42 degrees. look at bismarck. early this morning, 33 below zero. they missed the record by 12. the record low this morning was 45. as extreme as this cold pattern has been, in a way it still is not widespread record breaking as we've seen 20, 30 years ago. bismarck's record was 25 below zero. jonesboro arkansas did set a record, 8 degrees. jacksonville, florida, 45. high temperatures were 20 to 30 degrees colder than average. right now it's 24 in bismarck. record. that arctic air, this is the last surge that we'll see. wind chills are still 20 to 30 below zero. that's the pattern we had ip i've been mentioning is reminiscent to some of the extreme cold winters back to the late '70s. while that pattern continues today, as we get later into next week, finally it will be relaxing. not for the weekend. overnight tonight during tomorrow, we'll see northwesterly winds. some of the snows will be diminishing out othe mountains of west virginia. skiers, 32, in some spots more than 30 inches of snow. eventually we are going to see a return of milder air. tomorrow we'll start out with cold, cold air. temperatures into the low teens with this little fluffy snow we had around. tomorrow and during the day, some sunshine. then afternoon clouds. still quite breezy. wind chills will make it feel like it's about 15 degrees. more the same with lighter winds on sunday. high temperature on sunday, may get near freezing. as we head from monday to tuesday, i think the temperature for a high near 40. no snowstorms coming our way. by thursday and friday, temperatures may be a little bit above average. not warm, but we'll take average. >> we'll be ready for it. >> bundle up for the weekend. the perils of being a reporter. >> two men jumped off the tallest building in the world. >> and sports. wizards played one of the best teams in the nba tonight. >> it was a fun game to watch because the crowd w so into it tonight. head coach flip saunders said his team in a foggy-type of situation right now. hard to focus when you go to answering questions from authorities about a gun investigation. the same day take the court against one of the best teams. the wizards found a way. their scrappy play found several fourth-quarter standing ovations from the crowd. this is antawn jamison. he was cheering. first half, not pretty. mike miller with the ball turns it over. j.j. reddick gets it. magic up by 11. third quarter. this is rashard lewis, one of the better players on one of the better teams in the nba. look at lewis, wide open underneath for the dunk. where is the defense? fourth quarter, wizards down by ten now. great ball movement. blatche to mike miller over to antoine. antoine hits the three. na got the wizards going. big night for the captain. the player of the game had to be brandon haywood. haywood battling on the boards. keeps the ball high and puts it back up and in. he had 18 points and 15 rebounds. the crowd was loving it. check him out. yes. that was good. that was fun. another guy who will see more minutes is randy foy. wizards get a much-needed win over the magic 104-97. >> in order for us to turn this around, we have to do it in house. we have to do it with the players and coaching staff. the first and most important thing is to keep it out of the locker room. keep all the distractions away and concentrate on playing basketball and find ways to get wins. >> as a unit and an organization, as a team, head coach, it shows character. we went out there and committed ourselves to playing basketball. we put that behind us and said, here we go. >> we definitely needed a win because we lost a couple. it was time to start to turn this thing around. we dug a hole enough. one that seemed like it was too big, but it's not. we are going to keep chipping away. >> really curious to see what happens with this team in terms of who stays and who goes, and if this roster makes it to the end of the season. >> i don't think so. >> i don't think. redskins assistants told to report back monday morning for second interviews with mike shanahan. he met with most of the coaches. did he that on thursday and probably only going to keep a couple around. the only spot on the staff filled is kyle shanahan, mike's 31-year-old son who was successful as an offensive coordinator in houston. he wants to go with 3-4 scheme. he's set to interview haslett. mike zimmer is also in the running for the spot. seattle fired head coach jim mora after one season. seahawks close to getting pete carroll to come onboard as head coach and team, in a deal that would pay him $7 million a year. >> big difference between coaching college and pros. thanks, dan. >> still to come, a texas longhorn they opened the world's tallest building and today two guys jumped off it today. the building is 2,700 feet tall, twice as tall as the empire states building. the two men today had permission to take the jump today. it was all caught on cameras. a reporter in oregon was blown off her feet. check this out. the gusts knocked her over in the crown point state park. winds were blowing more than 100 miles an hour yesterday. she and the team had trouble standing up straight. the reporter says she was beaten up after all this, but she wasn't seriously hurt. cameras in arizona captured unusual images of a strange guy. he was caught speeding twice in two minutes, both times with his head out of the sun roof. there is no one else holding the wheel. this was not the first time police have seen richard flores, we are told. his car activated speed cameras 14 times in just a month. it's a football party gone to--

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